Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
Brandon McCarthy going back to the cutter
Part of McCarthy’s success this year has been his strand rate of 86% but he has made changes to how he pitches this year. In the past, he didn’t use his cutter this much but in 2017 he is using the cutter at almost the same rate (22%) as his curveball (24%). For context, he used …
Dodger DL moves in 2017 so far
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table Generated 4/20/2017. Courtesy of rotowire: Given we have heard little about Andre I would be pushing that estimated return date. Same for Scott Kazmir. Logan Forsythe is expected to miss several weeks since it is a hairline fracture so I’d expect that estimated return to be put further out. …
Dodgers depth charge Rockies
The 2017 Dodger mantra has been depth depth depth, and on Wednesday night they put that on display. Both teams have had to play with numerous players on the DL and while the names of Enrique Hernandez, Scott Van Slyke, and Chris Taylor don’t put fear into the hearts of their opponents their bats did. …
The Rockies, rocking adversity
The Rockies are now 10 – 5 and they have done it the hard way: Starting 1st baseman and big 2017 winter free agent acquisition Ian Desmond on the DL (should join them shortly) Starting LF David Dahl hit the DL in March. He had a great debut in 2016 and much was expected of him …
Ryu gives Dodgers eighteen outs
but Arenado shows Dodger infielders how to hit a home run. The highlight of the game was this amazing play by Ryu and Gonzalez as Adrian showed he still has major league reflexes. LA LA Hands: Glove flip to A-Gon unreal https://t.co/G37EpqDI2X via @Cut4 — Phil Gurnee (@meercatjohn) April 19, 2017 Dodger infielders have hit …
The Cuban Y’s get smacked around
The Dodgers have poured millions into Cuban players and other than Puig have seen little return on investment. Yasiel Alvarez was supposed to change that dynamic and had such a great debut on the mainland last summer he sprang to the top of the Dodgers elite pitching prospects. Alvarez was held back this spring at …
Kiké Hernandez looks like 2015
at least the way he’s playing if not his bleach blonde locks. One of the biggest disappointments of 2016 was Kiké” Hernandez who had to fight off Chris Taylor to win his spot on the 2017 opening day roster. Many eyes were on Hernandez as he would be counted on to help the Dodgers bounce back …
Seager’s 4 strikeouts joins not so select company
Most of the time when we have written of the exploits of Cory Seager they have always been in a positive matter. Today we will try something different and hope this does not become a trend. Last night Seager struck out four times, and it was not the first time he has done this. He …
Delving into Goose-Eggs
Last night Joe Davis was describing a new stat that Nate Silver would like to implement to replace the horrid save stat. It is called Goose-Eggs after the great HOF relief pitcher Goose Gossage. I knew even before Joe started describing what the stat would entail that I would like it because I’ve always disliked …
Time for Ryu to get 15 outs
Ryu has been the victim of a tough schedule having to pitch on the road against the Rockies and Cubs but tonight he makes his first appearance at Dodger Stadium, and the team really needs him to put some outs on the board. This will be the last start of the third time through the …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 